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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [192] (201/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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192
LAND ROUTES
A T.L. (two wires on iron tubular posts) runs near the road the
whole way.
Water is good and plentiful from the Shatt el-'Arab and the creeks
flowing out of it. The marsh water is generally brackish and un-
drinkable.
Dates, eggs, chicken, sheep, grain, milk, and wild duck can be
bought in small quantities from villages There is a certain
amount of scrub, suitable for cattle-grazing and fuel, to the W. of
the road.
There is unlimited camping space except during the flood season
(March-June inclusive), when the marshes run close alongside the
road, or actually flood it. So long as the road itself is not closed by
floods, enough dry camping space can be found for at least one
brigade of infantry. The camping-ground at Steamer Point, though
usually above flood level, was under water May-July, 1916.
Miles from
Basra
0
4^
2
Basra. The starting-point is about 1 m. W. of Makina-
malsus (at the junction of the Baghdad (?) and Ashar
roads). General direction to c Abd el-Latif is NNW.
The road, which lies over open desert, is good going
during the dry season, but becomes heavy after rain.
On the r. of the road is a grove of date-palms stretching
down to the river.
Cross an irrigation bund about 10 ft. high by an easy
gradient. From here the Magil road branches off to NE.
Road approaches Gurmat 'Ali, which lies in the angle
between the Shatt el- c Arab and the New Euphrates
Channel. E. of Gurmat f Ali along the bank of the Shatt
el- c Arab is a line of 12 brick-kilns, 15-25 ft. high.
Cross the mouth of the New Euphrates channel by a bridge
of tubular pontoons, 200 yds. long. The northern section
of the bridge can be swung open to allow boats to pass.
Between the road beyond the bridge and the Shatt el-Arab
is another line of brick-kilns, where a large number of
bricks are available.
Abd el-Latif camping ground, consisting of two rectan
gular sites, one on each side of the road. Water is good
from the Shatt el- 0 Arab. The best landing and watering
place is just S. of the brick-kilns mentioned under m. 4,
but the approaches are difficult owing to mud.
From here the general direction to Nahr e Umr is NNW. The
road at first runs nearly N., following the line of the
s
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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